Jeopardy answers.

[masseyrider]

The contestants that know the collected works of a 6th century hermaphrodite Mongol poet but can't tell you what a Flux Capacitor does is mind boggling.

 

[JasperFrank]

I'm usually pulling my hair out screaming... " NO. Thats the common answer Jeopardy writers are thinking is correct. But its not the right answer."

 

[5030]

I don't watch the boob tube at all as it's geared for a 4 year old mentality. My wife does however. I much prefer Internet sites like Twitter or Truth Social over the boob tube and no stupid commercials either.

 

[MossRoad]

..... translation.... sucks at Jeopardy.

Just kidding, but that's the same excuse most of us use.

 

[orezok]

We looked forward to watching it in 2004. Mrs.tiller was recovering from open heart surgery so we had a lot of downtime, and we were amazed at Ken Jennings breadth of knowledge.

I don’t know if what you see on TV is the actual “live” presentation. I believe that many of the things Ken says are post recorded that are then inserted into the “live” show.

Gotta make the host look good.

Just my $0.02

 

[MossRoad]

I don’t know if what you see on TV is the actual “live” presentation. I believe that many of the things Ken says are post recorded that are then inserted into the “live” show.

Gotta make the host look good.

Just my $0.02

They tape about 5 shows a day with two different audiences from everything I've read. And they only tape about 45 days a year. A local person was on the show, and they were sworn to secrecy until the show aired.(they didn't win )

 

[FullMetalBucket]

Everyone knows the carburetor is what dispenses the washer fluid. What is up with some people? No basic cars skills at all.

 

[dodge man]

The hard part is ringing in first. There is a set of lights that come on when they finish reading the question that you don’t see watching on tv. Somebody backstage triggers the lights so you have to anticipate when that will happen. To soon you get locked out, too late someone else rings in first.

I don’t know much about Shakespeare but what I do know I learned on the show.

 

[masseyrider]

Everyone knows the carburetor is what dispenses the washer fluid. What is up with some people? No basic cars skills at all.

I knew a girl in the way back machine that bought herself a new Mini (the old school ones).
She took it back to the dealership after a few weeks because the windshield washer stopped working.
She didn't know that you have to add washer fluid.
True story.

 

[Jstpssng]

Wait- what? Do you mean that all of the times I had the washer motor replaced all that I needed was fluid?


This was even more stupid, as he should have known better. I knew somebody in his '50s who had a buddy drag his pickup 20 miles to the garage one night because it needed a new fuel pump. The following week they did as they were told but it still wouldn't run. Then they put gas in it...